I've NEVER Been Anywhere Like This Before! (SUV Camping/Vanlife Adventures)

In this video I go on a hike deep in the canyons of southeastern Utah and visit a series of incredible sites!
DATE FILMED: March 2022
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** Yellow House: 37.45152, -109.98876
** Sheiks Canyon trailhead: 37.44883, -109.98308
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[@vandalnonesuch8274]

FYI: based on Park Service website, the age of footprints set into the rock (sand solidified by time and water) found in White Sand NP were determined by carbon dating grass seeds found in line with the bottom of the 2 inch recess, and also 6 inches below. The grass seed even with the bottom of the foot imprint was approx. 20,500 Years old, the seeds 6" down, at approx. 23,000 years old. These dates appeared to show humans have been here almost twice as long as previously assumed (13,500-15,000 years). Little wonder that there are so many Ancient Puebloan ruins across the Southwest! Thank you, Tristan, for bringing these amazing images to us!!! Little known facts for little known people!

[@sandeedobberstine5591]

Thank you for the info. That’s amazing!

[@jenniferwise8515]

MANY scientists parrot info with no actual PROOF of dating. They dare to think they can date everything and their arrogance is stunning.

[@SUVRVing]

Wow, interesting! Thanks for sharing.

[@RicG.]

Anasazi is also the name of one of my favorite types of beans. They are a speckled dark red and white bean first cultivated by Ancestral Puebloan people in what is now the Four Corners region of the United States. They were adopted by commercial growers beginning in the 1980s and marketed under the name "Anasazi"; traditionally they were known by the Spanish names frijol conejo (rabbit bean), vaquita (little cow), or pajaro carpintero (woodpecker).

[@SUVRVing]

Huh, never heard of them. Interesting! Thanks Ric.

[@duane4972]

Yes, they are very tasty beans, I found some a few years ago. I cook them southern style with some pork roast or stew meat, onions, peppers, garlic etc. Serve with cornbread.

[@saginawdan]

Tristan, One of your best tours. Your reverence for these sites is commendable. Thank You. 👍😎👍

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks Daniel, I appreciate that!

[@moretoexplore6736]

Agreed my first impression of that underground chamber was it's a sacred place

[@benjamint.6797]

Yes as a Tlinget native from S.e. Alaska I appreciate your respect of these locations and the knowledge you share, I can tell your passionate about your adventures! I hope to travel like this someday b4 I get to old, 46 and not getting any younger, cheers from Alaska

[@vicnurse5]

Amazing video, such a beautiful place. Being in Australia, I had no idea that the earlier people's lived in these type of settings (only remember seeing Cowboy and Indian movies as a child). Seeing the buildings they made from rocks with doors and windows is incredible. They seem to have made living as comfortable as they could for themselves and their families. Just wonderful to see. Thank you again for showing all these incredible places.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Check out a "modern" Pueblo village, they are like huge apartment complexes, same with early "Anasazi" sites like canyon de chelly and chaco canyon before they was abandoned, the period you are seeing here with Tristan is when the climate was getting bad and a lot of warfare was happening and people retreated to these defensive positions high up on the canyon walls.

[@vicnurse5]

@@deanfirnatine7814 thanks Dean, I will check those out...any youtube channels you know of that show these, I will google them to learn more. Our indigenous aboriginal people here tended to make shelters out of tree branches, and didn't leave physical shelters as such. I guess in each area they took advantage of different natural environs. Here in Australia there are few mountains and mainly flat desert. Cheers Vicki in South Oz

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! The sites really are amazing, aren't they?

[@davidbarts6144]

They built extensive irrigation works in places, and had long-distance trade networks as well (parrot bones have been found at Chaco Canyon). I always roll my eyes when people talk about European pioneers being the first to do this or that in the New World; such claims typically run counter to ample archeological evidence.

[@westcoastislander6699]

We have been day hiking and backpacking in Grand Gulch several times. An absolutely beautiful area. One of our favourite campsites was on the slick rock above the Green Mask spring. One thing worth mentioning is that it is frowned upon by preservationists and historians of the area to move items from their original resting site to a "showcase" area as is often done by well-meaning visitors. Once a shard of pottery or piece of basket weaving--no matter how small or seemingly insignificant--is moved from its original resting site, it loses all historical context. This is context that might contribute to a better understanding of these ancient cultures. Items should always be viewed where they are found and never moved or touched. Many thanks for another wonderful video.

[@susans7091]

Thank you for the reminder not to move artifacts.

[@steveflaim2656]

Particularly impressed with the rooms with intact ceilings!

[@SUVRVing]

Me too!

[@kc195556]

Spectacularly stunning, Tristan! You always tell great stories both verbally & visually, but this was exceptional.

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks Robin!

[@mtnlinda]

Incredible hike, photography, and unique place in the world! I hiked the Grand Gulch about 20 years ago on a 3-day backpacking outing with a group from the Sierra Club. I have great memories that you brought back for me. I'm in my 70s now and don't typically hike or walk more than 5 miles per day. It is just incredible that you did all this in one day with all the amazing photography! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@ReeWrayOutdoors]

Wow, I think this just may be the most spectacular day hike you've shared! Just amazing....

[@StanParker99]

Incredible video, Tristan, one of my favorites. I've been to some sites on Cedar Mesa, but more in and around Butler Wash. Thank you for the effort required to make this episode, I really enjoyed it, especially the fantastic art. A friend who lives in Blanding told me there are over 200,000 archeological sites in San Juan County, so you have a few to go.

[@SUVRVing]

200,000, eh? I believe it! They're everywhere!

[@billkipper3264]

I've seen some of these sites before by watching Dana Hollister videos. They're usually fairly short and show you some well known places such as these and some obviously secret sites as well. Secret in that he will show you a site but none of the surrounding area or he will even shoot the hiking section in a completely different spot so as not to give away locations. Judging from some of the looted sites he's shown I think his caution is well justified. He doesn't post super often but I've been watching him for several years.

[@donnabrowne5307]

Tristan, I want to win the lottery and spend the rest of my active years retracing the routes in your videos. Thanks for showing these wonderful sites in such an informative and respectful way.

[@ManivanAdventures]

I love old ruins! This is so cool! Amazing work as usual.

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks!

[@mitzioden4926]

Beautiful video! Loved the ruins and the artwork left by the native Americans.

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks Mitzi!

[@essieessie5399]

Tristan, these ancient sites are truly spectacular and incredibly well preserved!! The 3rd site is WOW! Thank you for taking us along this very special hike

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks Essie!

[@deborahsutcliffe2557]

🎉🎉🎉

[@keithstewart2639]

Thanks for taking us along on that hike it was good to see all those signs undisturbed,, that was a heck of a hike, 18 miles, don't know how you had time to stop and look at everything as you did, not many people could do that, I know you had to be very tired by the time you got back ate and went to sleep. Thanks again

[@LongArizona]

Thank you so much Brother! Your video brings back wonderful memories! I was there for 5 days from October 11-15! I hike the Bullet Canyon Loop, the Citadel & the Seven Kiva Ruin, the Kane Gulch Canyon, the Moon House Ruin and the Mule Canyon South Fork! It was a very magical time! I was so honored to walk the path of our Ancestors at the Moon House Ruin: I cried! I also spent quite a bit of time sitting at the Citadel and the Seven Kiva Ruin reflecting and contemplating on a lot of things: it’s was very emotional and very sacred moment for me!

[@maryjomorra2865]

Absolutely beautiful place you've visited.. everything was just so spectacular but of course the petroglyphs were exceptional... you would think someone would be able to decipher what those images mean Thanks for taking us on another wonderful hike Tristan💖💖💖

[@robertphillips3893]

I love that you take the time and energy to make these videos. I could never go here on my own, so seeing it here is my best option. Thank you for taking us all along.

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks Robert!

[@keniakennedy9016]

Fascinating, what a National treasure! Love everything about this hike……amazing condition considering the age of those ruins!

[@saddlelac]

You can still buy the seeds to that size of corn. Now they call it ornamental corn. The kernels are multicoloured. Yellow red and brown . Again, enjoying your videos, thanks!

[@richardsiegler8456]

Sooooo envious…..how much I would love to just sit in silence and meditate, allowing my spirit to absorb all that tranquility .

[@richard_n]

It's always nice to find places different from what you are used to.

[@helenvwalker7919]

How exciting Tristan. Thanks for an absolutely fascinating vídeo and the efforts that you went to to récord it for us.🙂

[@chuckborghoff8443]

My favorite part was the whole video. We have been to many ancestral sites , but, these escaped us. Thanks for a wonderful trip!

[@sueribs]

What an absolutely amazing hike! I was actually scared to watch when you stood on the peak! Hope your camera survived! I love your adventuresome spirit and wisdom in travel! It was also super interesting to see the ruins. Great video, great hike, thanks for sharing! Stay safe!

[@TomO-il3ls]

Just amazing! Every Saturday, when I get home from work, the first thing I do is to check out the latest episode on your channel. Always interesting but this is one of the best - thanks!

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks Tom!

[@wildeescape]

That looks like an incredible place! Thanks for sharing all the history too, definitely making a note on my to go list. Also, damn, hiking 19 miles is worthy of a pizza!

[@FlewTheCoop]

The handprint under the white circle, I wonder if that was their signature. Nicely created video.

[@bobbeckman3735]

Thank you Tristan. I always enjoy your videos. Happy trails.

[@barabralister916]

My god !!! How beautiful !! I think I would have loved living there, in the first set of ruins. So glad you showed how the building s were made. All the pictographs at the last stop were awesome, I just wish we knew what the messages were.

[@shawnnorrell1686]

I used to meet my dad every year in Montecello Utah to bowhunt for a week. After a few years I started hiking to old cliff dwellings instead of hunting. Saw about 18 or 20 sites like these. I saw some really cool places I miss doing it now because I don’t hunt anymore. Plus its 1200 miles away. Thanks for taking me with you. It brings back a lot of great memories 👍😎. Happy Trials 👍🇺🇸

[@SUVRVing]

Sounds like a great time!

[@4potslite169]

Absolutely spectacular! My “Must Visit Tristan Sites” list is getting mighty long LOL! Thank you so much for sharing!!!

[@reggiebald2830]

Thank youTristan! From the Green Mask to the beautiful canyons, this has been a wonderful experience!

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks Reggie!

[@daizamaker-jerrybraswell1997]

Yes Tristan, definitely one of your best and most interesting videos!

[@patsikora5169]

I loved all of it.Thank you for all your time an energy.You are amazing !!!!Looking forward to Colorado!!!!!!

[@glennbeattie6172]

Thanks for the super great videos. I really enjoy this type of video. You are great at these hike and explore videos. A few drone shots sure would have been great for this video. Thanks again!

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks Glenn! Drones aren't allowed here.

[@shawnas464]

Such an interesting place. Thought provoking for sure. Awesome camera work as usual!

[@6spring3]

I’m always entranced by Utah and western Colorado, as I grew up there and we did lots of desert hiking to hunt for arrowheads. This wasn’t illegal back then. Thank you for showing me more of this area’s beauty.

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks for watching!

[@jamesbrooks3664]

Omg I totally forgot about the house of fire, you know I had to put this on my itinerary right away! Love your content bro thanks for doing what you do i know it takes alot of work to do.

[@jburnett8152]

That was great. Thank you so much ❣️

[@tiffanylogan1351]

This was one of my favorite videos that you have done! Thank you!

[@mikkikas6821]

Wonderful day you had! Thanks for sharing!🤗

[@farmer9180]

So enjoy your videos. Really like that you show the area you are at.

[@sethboviper]

Cedar mesa is so special. As a kid we went to mesa verde, etc, awesome, but it’s much more interesting to visit these sites without park rangers, where you are on your honor to be responsible. No one around, so peaceful.

[@llorylloyd]

I am currently in Colorado (from Texas) for the week hiking around Colorado Springs. You are my inspiration. Also doing some touristy things. Thanks for taking us with you. I'm surprised it's in such great shape and hasn't been destroyed by Idiots. Safe travels 💕

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks Llory!

[@jeffvallentine913]

Beautiful country, beautiful video. I've only watched and enjoyed your tenkara videos. The places in this video and your demeanor are a perfect match creating something resembling more of a walk thru a cathedral than remote Utah canyons. Nicely done, thank you, really enjoyed this.

[@SUVRVing]

Thanks for checking out the videos here, Jeff!

[@leese.23]

Thank you so much for sharing Tristan the desert is my favorite place on Earth

[@lilysgma2852]

Thus is one of my favorite videos! I love the southwest. One of my favorite books is by Craig Childs called House of Rain, it discusses the Pueblo People and vanishing civilizations.

[@BrendaHaltom-cs6ck]

No favorite site enjoyed all the ruins! Thank you Tristan!❤️😀🇺🇸🌏🚙

[@patriciapolizzi4143]

thank you so much for letting me live vicariously and seeing the canyons and ruins. fave was the Green Mask

[@Jeff-jg7jh]

Nice place for four hundred years ago. I've been to a pueblo like that up on a cliff (AZ). The interesting thing is there is still old time hoses for pressure for oldtime mining you have to step over to get there. The miners paid nevermind to the pueblos. A great hike for me and I am sure a great hike for this young fellow. I believe there has been some resureccion to the first place you visited and maybe the others. I don't expect to see cord still in the ceiling. I could be wrong.

[@sueboobarela1669]

This video is why we follow Tristen!!!! Wonderful😀

[@markhastings2950]

My first trip into Grand Gulch was in 1975. Been hiking there since then. Enjoyed your video haven’t been in this year due to a broken foot, but hope to return soon. Thanks!

[@ludmillaroman]

that's really amazing ... thousand year old 'rope' and corn cobs, and piles of rock just sitting in the open, exposed to the elements and undisturbed by tens of thousands of people since their discovery, all subject to the honor system and handled by anyone who touches it, moves it around- and leaves it there for the next 1000 years. Sweet archeology!

[@tpseeker3367]

Thank You for sharing this with us Tristan.

[@kathleendittmer2447]

Thank you for this remarkable tour!

[@odfarmboy]

Great video, especially the green mask part.

[@sasham1280]

Always love your videos, getting some great ideas for a future vacation, thanks for sharing

[@iflanzy]

That looks like such an amazing place. Definitely adding it to the list to do *sometime* in the next 10 years

[@SUVRVing]

Do it, for sure! Thanks Isaac.

[@mardicuming1320]

Some parts of this is very similar to the Australian outback where the beautiful colours of ochre againt the greans are the same. Both areas are equally stunning and just amazing.

[@1717jbs]

Great vid and scenery.

[@markgunnell2149]

Absolutely beautiful. Have you been to mess verde. Another beautiful location. Thanks very very much for a great video. Please keep up the job of sharing your love for our great country

[@itchingtogo7362]

Absolutely spectacular!

[@SkepticalRaptor]

I am absolutely shocked that all of those artifacts are just sitting out in the open. I have no faith in humans, I just assume that anything not locked down will be stolen by everyone as a souvenir. Anyway, what you showed us today is so interesting. It’s a part of our history that few know.

[@Phoenixhunter157]

When I went to Mesa verde, there was a barrier between us and these things. We could see from a distance. I wonder if he’s even allowed to be in some of these areas and picking things up. Did he touch the painting? Or was his hand just very close. Made me nervous. And picking up the corn. If that is actually corn that is that old, he shouldn’t be touching it. Perhaps, it’s just modern day corn? Looks shady af

[@David.801]

Wow!!! I am definitely going to do that trail.

[@freedomdove]

How interesting! Thanks for sharing, Tristan!

[@marianfrances4959]

Awesome! 👍😎🇨🇦 Love the colors!

[@edschneider1780]

Big pizza well deserved. This is my favorite video about that trail/area.

[@chadmoriarity3900]

Just went to Utah in march,what a beautiful place.Checked out a few ruins sooo incredible!!!

[@michaelcox8604]

Yellow House was interesting. First time I’ve seen cord randomly wrapped around the viga roof beams. I suppose for hanging items from ceiling. Thanks for tour!

[@brianwofford3831]

Wow, I have not been to that location. Thanks for showing it to me. I have been all around that SE Utah and SWColorado.

[@jurgenhaflinger1188]

Wunderbar gemacht die Reportage. Bin sehr begeistert.

[@ledesclos5321]

Thank you for these wonderful adventures. I’ve learned to love the desert area from reading many western authors. It is wonderful to see the land in those books.

[@SUVRVing]

It's a beautiful part of the world, for sure!

[@garysanchezphotography]

Another great video of an interesting place; it seems that your photography has improved on this one. Thanks.

[@angelacraw2907]

Amazing. Thanks for posting.

[@moonshinerphd9523]

The drawing of the green mask looks like an old hippie drew it while tripping on shrooms back in the day. Enjoy your videos Tristan!

[@janebaugh5591]

loved this one very much. this one us Great. i have got to road travel all over the US. i am 71 now. just wish i could have gone while young. had 3 kids to raise on my own. money was always tight. Thanks for showing me threw your EYES. JANE GREEN CENTRAL OKLA.

[@1020LAStep]

Thanks for doing what you do. It was fascinating.

[@derekvandenheuvel9002]

Looking forward to your western Colorado videos! Heading there this summer.

[@martinforrester8249]

Great video Tristan, I'm an oldtimer Englishman now who has spent many visits to the Four Corners areas in the Southwest since 1989. I've studied the Anasazi culture in some depth. I do not however subscribe to "Woke" culture. They have always been known as the Anasazi until someone felt "affended" by that term. If I became affended by everything said when I was young, my parents would have told me "to grow up and get some backbone lad". I find this whole area absolutely fascinating. Thankyou for an insite to areas I visited many years ago.

[@caroleelagrone9729]

I just sooo appreciate the Time and energy it take's You to make these great Video's!!! How do you think about all These places to go??? 🤗

[@SUVRVing]

Lots of research!

[@never2yield20]

Well those ruins were more spectacular than the one I bushwhacked to over in the cockscomb formation just outside of Bluff Utah. (Very large petroglyph panel on San Juan river). Somewhere in that greater general area (over by the Natural Bridges Natl Mon.) is supposedly a Clovis point discovery site/cave. I think BLM is keeping that knowledge well concealed. I saw your video on Hovenweep, and you didn't care for the easily accessible ruins, but if you manage to get to the ruins that are further back up in the canyon you might enjoy. The road to them is very rough. I took my 2WD truck back in the early 1990s and then a rental car in the 2000s. I could not get as close with the rental. :-) Your video work and imagery is conveying the wonder of these sites very well.

[@cindiford3777]

This was such a great video. I like all of it.

[@robwilliams287]

I always enjoyed learning about history and here I am over fifty and I never knew about so many places you've shown on your channel, and it disappoints me as far as what I got for an education and it kind of angers me that so much of this history has always been kind of ignored and some of it is lost forever.

[@SUVRVing]

I agree, it's a shame we're not taught more about this kind of stuff. Thanks for watching, Rob.

[@richardplunk3910]

fantastic hike thank you safe travels 👍👍🍺

[@RicG.]

Another place to put on my bucket list. 👍 😎

[@NYCHFAN]

No words. This land is definitely sacred.

[@FindersKeepers88]

Nice one, great to walk the ruins

[@harmerdean]

FANTASTIC!

[@roberthutchison315]

cool trip, this time of year

[@rickhenninger6978]

I really enjoy your videos

[@daizamaker-jerrybraswell1997]

Awesome video!

[@KAL5370]

The corn cobs would be a bit larger then what is shown. The dry air has shrunk the cobs down by about 25% approx. You also assume everything had a ladders. But it is apparent they had rope tech as well. Ropes are easier to pull up behind you.

[@vernayazzie5213]

I've been to the canyon that you hiked, this was like 30 years ago! We never show this to the public just because of the exploitation and desecration of our ancestral history and preservation of it. So please don't promote it on social media. I know it is on BLM land and public has access to it. However, it was beautiful to see the canyon again. I may just take some time to hike the canyon again. Bears Ears above Cedar Mesa is a beautiful area. This is our wood gathering, herb collection and a special place. Thank you. I love your video, btw.

[@1ACL]

Are you Ute ? Thank you for your comment.

[@susans7091]

I agree with Verna Yazzie. I worry that publicizing these awesome places could lead to people going who are not so respectful and careful. Thank you for speaking up for your ancestors.

[@vernayazzie5213]

@@1ACL I am Navajo

[@johnmirmak503]

Have really enjoyed your adventures throughout the southwest. Have you ever done the Telescope Peak trail in Death Valley NP? The trail says it is 14 miles RT but I gps'd it at about 12.5. GREAT VIEWS starting at Mahogany Flat campground (No water, pit toilets) and climbs about 3300' in the 6+ miles up. If you have give me the link I would greatly appreciate watching it.

[@judithjones7546]

Wow, thank you.

[@victoriaburkhardt9974]

Thank you!

[@timdowney6721]

I’m glad Bears Ears is still protected, and not turned over to greedy corporations. As the explosion in outdoor recreation shows, the US needs more public lands.

[@norsefalconer]

2:54 The rock straight up from you Tristan, looks like a bear's head!